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shall afford less support than the like amount would yield unto the 

 majority of stabled animals. 



HERRIMO-aUTTED HOKSE. 



Horses of the above conformation are soon found wanting in other 

 respects. Narrowing toward the flank being accompanied with deficient 

 quarters, enables them to slip through their body-clothes, and renders it 

 difficult to retain a saddle in its proper situation. The groom may in 

 vain give extra attention to the fastenings ; the dwindling form empow- 

 ers little motion to displace the tightest of girths. The saddle always 

 has an inclination to glide backward ; and the rider, when such an occur- 

 rence happens, must be placed in no enviable position. 



COW-BXLUBS BORSS. 



Objection even to a greater extent is engendered by the opposite kind 

 of abdomen, or by one which is known as "a cow-belly," or "a pot- 



